I had more fun than I thought I would doing last week’s “Quit It” column on recurring formulas and devices I’d like to ...

I’m not someone who hates clichés and formula in movies in and of themselves – things tend to get used over and over ...

At the turn of the Millennium, the writer/directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly were on top of the comedy world – with a string ...

X-Men: First Class may be the most open, unapologetic example of a major movie studio “taking a Mulligan” on a franchise in Hollywood ...

In the beginning, Old Hollywood had a problem: It wanted to wow audiences with the spectacle of unseen sights, but the realms of ...

Today (or, rather, the day this column will first appear) is February 4th, which has the distinction (if not the notoriety) of being ...

It’s often overlooked that one of the original purposes of The Academy Awards – aka The Oscars – was public relations. The much-maligned ...

The following contains spoilers for various movies about Batman. In terms of the often rocky relationship between so-called fanboys and the filmmakers who ...

Difference #1,437 between my job and yours: You only have to hear about the problem of declining movie theater revenues maybe once a ...

Last week, I looked ahead to 2011. Given the enforced joviality of The Holidays, it shook out mostly on the positive side. Well, ...

2010 has come to a close, and 2011 is now upon us. For me, it’s a time to look ahead at all the ...

If you ever need an example of the power of a work of fiction to transform a culture, you need look no further ...